Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor

Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor (1934)

حاجی آقا آکتور سینما

A director (Ovanes Ohanian) looks for a subject for his movie and someone suggests that he films Haji Agha secretly. Haji is very rich and frowns upon cinema. Haji's daughter, son-in-law, and servant help the director with the film as well. Haji's watch gets lost, and he suspects his servant. Haji and his son-in-law start chasing him. At first, they tail him to the dentist's, and then they meet a fakir who claims he can find the lost watch. He does some strange things. The director photographs Haji all the time. Then Haji watches the film and becomes aware of the true merits of cinema.

Date of release
1934-01-31
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Ovanes Ohanian

Casting

Interesting facts

Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor is a 1933 Iranian comedy film directed by Iranian-Armenian director, Ovannes Oganian and one of a few remaining Iranian silent films. This was Ohaninan's second film in Iran after the success of Abi and Rabi (1930), his first silent film. The film reflects the clash between tradition and modernity in Iranian society in the early 1930s. While Abi and Rabi (1930) did well commercially, Haji Agha Aktor-e Cinema did not succeed at the box office due to its technical shortcomings and the fact that its release coincided with the first Persian talkie, Dokhtar-e Lor.

Production

Shooting started in June 1932, and the camera used was a "Pathe" camera which was more than 20 years old.

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